America's cappuccino having an identity crisis

New York

WHAT if the cappuccino you had this morning was not, in fact, a cappuccino? Scary. More worrisome still: What if your flat white was?

There was a time when cappuccino was easy to identify. It was a shot of espresso with steamed milk and a meringue-like milk foam on top. But now the onetime king of speciality coffee drinks is having a bit of an identity crisis.